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Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

WI

derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

the fire was suddenly extinguished. His whole body was taken by the

and I started to

are you still here?” | couldn’t

“Is something the matter?”

up in shock, my mouth

happened?”

thrust his hand at me. In it was a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals speckled with gold flakes that

wanted one,” he said, handing the

I stared at the flower.

to seep in all around me again until it was nearly pitch black. I could barely

shouted, wishing I knew

to grab him, and that was when I no ticed the

was everywhere, dripping from my hand, sinking into the fabric of my pants,

blood was coming

“Are you

me. I could see the whites of the eyes behind his mask, but in

stopped, but the blood continued to pour from

was dead and that the

my chest as my eyes

me a moment to remember where I was. Brushing my hand over my face, I sat up in bed and looked at the fig

Right. The palace.

the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d had such a bloody version of my recurring dream after

dawn filtered in beneath the curtains, and a glance at the clock told me that it was still quite early. It was unlikely that anyone else would be up,

couldn’t go back to sleep.

bed and decided to head to the gar den for a bit of fresh air.

deeply, feeling

proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved in my heart. I would find a way to make it through this trial to get back

and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the glorious pink and gold

just knew it. Peace fulness settled around me, and I found a measure of content ment in the

and they quickly ushered

something crashing hard

I heard what I thought were growls, followed by muttered curse words and grunts of

two people fighting one another, and I immediately recognized one of them. He was the last person I wanted to see right

He was being attacked… again. Really, how

it would be best to get back inside. But as

Shoot!

tried to hide myself, praying neither of

ended shortly. Just then, I heard

on my face, messing up my hair and putting leaves and sticks in

that I was messy enough that he wouldn’t want to look at me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole survivor of

expression was hard. His dark

white shirt was open about halfway. My eyes immediately went to his chest, but then

of approaching footsteps on the path behind him gave me a bit of hope that maybe someone would

time. Are you okay?” The footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to the prince, but Prince

doing here?” Instead of replying to

only passing by, Your Highness,” I said

Obviously, he didn’t buy it. “You may look

come up with an excuse he might like for being outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the kitchen… to learn how to cook for you… but I got lost…….” I lifted my eyes only slightly to try

me. “You’re the eighth woman who has tried to approach me since last night.” His voice was a low rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed over me. “Let me make this clear. Leave me alone un less you want to

tried to remind him, “But

| as sumed he was referring to

at me and

Theo’s eyes locked on me again. I felt fear coursing through my body. He took a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained planted for worry of what would hap pen

you. Do you hear me?” His